Victory in the
Pacific
Game Reporting

When?

The USN player is expected to report the sides, bid, adjustments used (if
any), and score at the end of each turn. All other reporting is optional.

The GM would like to publish
details for all Top 10 Invitational games as well as all semi-final and
final games for the BPA Single-Elimination and King-of-the-Hill Ladder games.
Players in these games are strongly encouraged to submit maps, write-ups, and
any commentary desired. Ideally, these results are compiled as the game is
played and submitted in their entirety after the game is complete (in .pdf,
.doc, or .docx format).

What?

As you contemplate reporting in greater detail, consider that the
added detail is not valuable (other than commentary) unless the
entire game is similarly reported. If you want to make reports that
depend on your opponent to do likewise, please discuss it with
him/her in advance. The lowest level of reporting selected by both
players is recommended.

I recommend one of the following levels of reporting:

A) Score only (Reported by USN player at completion of
battle) -- Required. Players who wish may download this
handy program to generate an HTML
scorecard that can be sent to the GM as an email attachment.

C) Major Events (with or without Option B, reported by selected
player) -- write up the glorious (or infamous) details of your
game in as much detail and fanfare as you like. I recommend
including details about major battles, conversions of ports,
invasions of bases, sinkings of USN CVs, stunning streaks of luck
(good or bad), and thematic material. Make your game a fun story
to read! (This is what I've done for some of my War
at Sea games.)

D) Highlight and Strategy Summary (with option B preferably,
reported by both players) -- Both players submit strategy analysis
and commentary. Write your strategy and analysis separately -- and then
combine after the game is over.

E) Ship placements, battle results, and Option B (submitted by
selected player) -- it doesn't do much good to get specific ship
information unless the rest of the detail is presented. It takes
some work, but can be well worth the effort -- you can go back and
figure out what you should have done, solicit other comments from
previous opponents and friends, etc. (Basically, this is what I
did for my own games in round
three.)

H) Any of the above with JPEG or GIF maps or saved game files from Vassal,
CyberBoard, the Wargame
Processor, or Aide de Camp II. Screen shots (saved as JPEG/GIF)
from other VITP utilities are also welcome (hit Alt-PrntScrn to
take the snapshot and then paste, Crtl-V, into a facility that can
save in JPEG or GIF format).

For first-time players who've never done a Series Replay, I
recommend nothing more intense than Option D.

How?

Those who've seen my game reports may wonder how to get their text
to format nicely in color. Here are a few HTML command you can put in
your game report to make it fancier. As GM, I cannot take the time to
edit game reports, so please send them exactly as you want them!

Color
<Font Color="Red">To make text in the
middle red!</Font>
<Font Color="Blue">To make text in the
middle blue!</Font>
<Font Color="Green">To make text in the
middle green!</Font>